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My job is to help drivers like you go from where you’re currently at to where you want to go. In other words, give you the directions for your driving: Driving Directions. That’s the title of my driving tips, stories, and opinions articles. Clever? Silly? You be the judge.
If you’re seriously passionate about all things driving, you’ve come to the right place. Driving Directions is an “edu-taining,” weekly (sometimes more, sometimes less) email newsletter that is the perfect read for those who geek out on driving culture.
What’s in Driving Directions? I write about:
- New skills and approaches to driving
- Stories and lessons from life at the track (like when I coached at Le Mans, a Michigan NASCAR race, and an AMA Flat Track motorcycle race all on one weekend)
- Proven driving tips to make you an even better driver
- Insights and opinions on various races and events
- And I bust a few myths about driving
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- More in-depth content
- Exclusive access to the Driving Directions chats and chalktalks
- Advanced notice when I release new playbooks, masterclasses, virtual track walks, and more
- Special offers for Annual Paid Subscribers only
- And, you’ll keep me from not having to sell our house and move into a van to live down by the river! Yes, you’ll help by allowing me to spend more time writing and sharing what I’ve learned
- Save 25% when you sign up for a year.
Driving Directions: It’s a Community of Driving Geeks!
When I first began offering driving information online (originally with an Inner Speed Secrets webinar way back in 2015), I wasn’t really sure what to expect. And I had no idea how to present to a screen! After many years of talking to, and facilitating dialogue with...
Driving Lessons: Ancora Imparo
Often attributed to Michelangelo, “Ancora imparo” is how I try to live my life.It’s a reminder to be curious, ask questions, and grow. Roughly translated, it means, “I am still learning.” Interestingly, the need to remind himself and others of how important it is to...
Racey Thoughts: What Made Vettel So Fast, and What Can We Learn from Him?
I recently found an article I’d written a little over ten years ago, about why Sebastian Vettel was so fast in the Red Bull F1 car. He was in the process of clinching his fourth World Drivers Championship in a row, and many fans were getting a bit tired of the...
Speed Secrets: Playing with Nannies
I’m excited to share a story with you about driving in the rain at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps this past week.But first, some background. As we do each year, last week a friend and I took a group of drivers to Germany and Belgium — two days driving the Nürburgring...
Driving Directions: New Title & Experimenting with Lines
UPDATE: You may have noticed that I’ve started calling this thing, this series of articles, these posts, this Substack… Driving Directions. Why? Because, what’s a Substack? When I launched my new SpeedSecrets.com website, my goal was to make using it and the resources...
Speed Secrets: Finding the Limit at Mid-Ohio
Rolling out of pitlane at Mid-Ohio, lining up behind the pace car and thirty or so other cars in front of me, I’m warming the brakes and tires, preparing for the race start going green the second time by, getting used to the position of the pedals and steering wheel,...
Speed Secrets: When Good Results in Bad
Trail braking is the act of easing off the brake pedal while turning into a corner; it’s the overlapping of braking and steering. That’s the what, but what is the why? Why should we, sometimes, trail brake? It’s this third point that makes the process of learning to...
Speed Secrets: Itʻs Not a Matter of Playing Chicken
To the casual observer of racing, the fastest driver is the one who wins the game of chicken. In other words, the racer who can brake the latest for the corners. And whoever brakes first should go back to the barnyard. The casual observer is wrong. It’s not how late a...
Racey Thoughts: Random Ramblings About F1
The following are my random thoughts and opinions, in no particular order, based on the past few Grand Prix races. But first, I need to be very clear about one thing: I really don’t like or dislike any driver on the grid more than any other. I’m driver-agnostic. Since...
Driving Lessons: Be Like Dory
Some of the best things that have ever been said in motorsport have come during an interview, or out of the mouths of commentators. For example… Years ago, during the TV coverage of a NASCAR race, a pit reporter asked a driver who had just crashed out what happened....